Note 240 — Chapter XL · 1882—CHATHAM AND ALEXANDRIA
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Lord Granville to Sir Evelyn Wood:—
“Foreign Office, 28th November 1882.
“It is most important to get the best possible man to be the first of the English officers in the Egyptian service. Everything depends upon it. Should you be willing that I should tell Dufferin you would be available for the post....—Yours sincerely,
Granville.”